After 10 years writing for The Irish Times, this is my last column – The Irish Times
I’ve been writing on and off for The Irish Times for nearly 10 years. I don’t “practise gratitude”…
I won’t make my life harder. I’ll take the lift, eat biscuits, choose easy – The Irish Times
It’s the season. The neighbours are getting competitive with their decorative Dunnes wreaths outside their doors. We are…
The invisible working-class line where things are ‘not for people like us’ – The Irish Times
I was walking with Dad. It was last winter during a light and sound festival that brings tourists…
Give me abrasive honesty over Irish plámásing any time – The Irish Times
Despite speaking only one language I do a lot of translating. My vocabulary has been stained and varnished…
I don’t want to be in a state of perma-annoyance, but how can I not be? – The Irish Times
I like to pretend I am getting crankier as I get older. But I’ve been aggrieved about one…
The Beckhams gifted us one of the best weeks on the internet after the Coldplay couple – The Irish Times
As a journalist, there are a couple of questions I get asked often. The first is, “Did you…
I hate the Dublin Bushman and his scaring of young women for money – The Irish Times
My list of enemies is long and most of them don’t know they’re on it. Because 99 per…
I’m using my house deposit to freeze my eggs – The Irish Times
Last year, I hit the most terror-inspiring age for women. It’s not 40, or even 105. It’s 35.…
Not having to emigrate is a privilege, now more than ever – The Irish Times
The great migratory flight is on. From Boston to Barbados to Brisbane, those who live abroad are heading…
Pensions are sexy, and 33 other things I wish I had known at 15 – The Irish Times
It’s my birthday, and because I’m a woman in television I turned 29 for the sixth year in…
The Australian Ambassador to Ireland came over for dinner recently – The Irish Times
The early signs were there. But because it was the 90s and the term “neurodivergent” hadn’t made its…
I’ve nothing against Irish men. I keep one myself. But I recommend Irish women – The Irish Times
American women are yearning for Irish men. Suddenly there are a multitude of TikTok videos of Lana Del…